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CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

THE  GOSPEL 
OF  THE  KINGDOM 

A    LECTURE    BY 

JUDGE   CLIFFORD   P.   SMITH,  C.S.B. 

MEMBER    OF    THE    BOARD    OF    LECTURESHIP 

OF    THE    FIRST    CHURCH    OF    CHRIST, 

SCIENTIST,    BOSTON,    MASS. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  SCIENCE  PUBLISHING  SOCIETY 

FALMOUTH    AND    ST.    PAUL    STREETS 

BOSTON,    MASSACHUSETTS 

U.  S.  A. 


4  CHP.IST*AN    SCIENCE: 

discord  than  harmony,  for  more  subjection  than 
dominion;  even  though  bondage  to  evil  is  often 
not  recognized  as  such. 

The  Founder  of  the  Christian  religion  referred 
to  his  message  as  "the  gospel  of  the  kingdom;" 
and  of  this  kingdom  of  heaven  or  kingdom  of 
God  he  said  much  in  parables  but  several  things 
explicitly.  He  said  it  is  "at  hand"  (that  is  to 
say,  it  is  present  and  within  reach)  ;  he  said 
it  is  "within  you"  (which  is  to  say,  it  is  a  state 
of  consciousness)  ;  and  he  said  it  comes  upon 
you  as  devils  or  evils  are  cast  out.  Heaven, 
therefore,  is  not  the  sequence  of  death ;  it  is  an 
active  state  of  goodness.  It  is  gained  by  over- 
coming evil;  not  by  dying,  but  by  right  living. 
The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  the  consciousness 
of  good.  It  is  the  reign  of  Life,  Truth,  and 
Love  in  man.  We  are  in  heaven  here  and  now 
to  the  extent  that  we  realize  the  actual  qualities 
of  true  being. 

BASIC  QUESTIONS 

How  would  you  like  to  be  sure  that  in  the 
reality  of  your  being  you  image  and  reflect 
divine  Life  and  Truth  and  Love,  while  the  only 
devil,  evil,  or  hell  is  the  illusion  in  human  con- 
sciousness? 


THE    GOSPEL    OF    THE    KINGDOM  5 

How  would  you  like  to  know  that  infinite 
good  is  the  Principle — the  cause  and  substance 
— of  all  that  really  is,  and  that  this  divine 
Principle  is  always  available  to  you  for  the 
overcoming  of  any  evil  condition? 

How  would  you  like  to  be  certain  that  heaven 
and  hell,  health  and  disease,  happiness  and 
misery,  are  simply  opposite  mental  states,  re- 
sulting from  contrary  modes  of  thought,  and 
that  one  of  these  states  is  real  and  true  and 
enduring,  while  the  other  is  a  bad  dream? 

How  would  you  like  to  learn  that  there  is  a 
way  DJ  which  you  can  progressively  awaken 
from  this  dream  and  thereby  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God? 

For  the  proof  of  these  propositions  Christian 
Science  relies  on  four  distinct  grounds  of  assur- 
ance: First,  the  verbal  instruction  of  inspired 
teachers  as  found  in  the  Bible;  second,  the 
object-lessons  or  so-called  miracles  furnished  by 
Christ  Jesus  and  his  followers  in  the  first  three 
centuries  of  the  Christian  era ;  third,  the  evident 
spirit  of  Truth  which  pervades  the  works  on 
Christian  Science  written  by  Mrs.  Eddy ;  fourth, 
the  results  of  Christian  Science  in  the  experi- 
ence of  the  multitudes  who  have  sought  its  bene- 
fits according  to  its  own  rules.     With  this  data 


6  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

Christian  Science  is  able  to  satisfy  the  highest 
sense  of  reason;  but,  not  content  with  the  ver- 
dict of  any  human  faculty,  it  makes  its  ultimate 
appeal  to  the  understanding  which  is  spiritual 
and  divine. 

Among  the  better  human  qualities  are  hope 
and  faith.  In  them  the  message  of  Christian 
Science  finds  a  glad  response.  To  read  with- 
out hostility  the  Christian  Science  text-book, 
"Science  and  Health  with  Key  to  the  Scrip- 
tures," is  to  hope  that  its  teaching  may  be  true, 
and  to  have  some  degree  of  faith  that  it  is  true ; 
and  if  hope  and  faith  induce  the  study  and 
practise  of  its  precepts,  understanding  will 
sooner  or  later  furnish  the  demonstration  of  its 
truth  in  your  own  experience;  and  this  is  the 
highest  order  of  proof.  Seeking  "first  the  king- 
dom of  God,  and  his  righteousness,"  in  the  way 
illuminated  by  this  commentary  on  the  Bible, 
the  earnest  and  persistent  seeker  will  find  that 
the  appropriate  benefits,  both  temporal  and 
eternal,  will  be  added  unto  him. 

SCIENCE  AND  THE  SENSES 

I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  Christian  Science 
coincides  with  the  testimony  of  the  physical 
senses.     It  does  not.     Neither  does  any  science. 


THE    GOSPEL   OF    THE    KINGDOM  1 

Every  system  of  science  admits  that  sense  im- 
pressions are  always  imperfect  and  often  mis- 
leading; indeed,  that  knowledge  is  superior  to 
the  evidence  of  the  senses  is  the  proposition  with 
which  science  begins.  The  science  of  astronomy 
began  when  knowledge  corrected  the  belief  of 
the  senses  respecting  sunrise  and  sunset.  The 
science  of  aviation  began  when  knowledge  over- 
came the  belief  of  the  senses  that  a  heavier- 
than-air  machine  could  not  be  made  to  fly. 
Perhaps  nothing  is  more  real  to  the  senses  than 
pain,  yet  there  have  been  cases  where  one  who 
has  lost  a  limb  still  has  pain  in  the  severed 
member  which  seems  as  real  as  pain  in  one  that 
is  connected  with  the  brain.  Discoveries  in  the 
way  of  invention  frequently  set  aside  the  testi- 
mony of  the  physical  senses ;  and  there  is  no 
limit  beyond  which  material  sense  cannot  be 
forced  to  yield.  Christian  Science  declares  that 
actual  knowledge  is  not  in  the  least  material; 
it  is  purely  spiritual. 

Fortunately  for  each  and  all  of  us,  this 
purely  spiritual  sense  is  ever  present  in  human 
consciousness.  It  is  the  actual  manifestation 
of  Life.  It  is  that  which  lives  and  does  not  die. 
Through  the  presence  in  human  consciousness 
of  this  divine  element,  God  is  with  us  and  we 


8  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

"have  our  being"  in  Him.  It  is  by  reason  of 
the  presence  and  power  of  spiritual  sense  or 
spiritual  understanding  that  we  have  a  depend- 
able assurance  of  heaven,  for  it  is  that  with 
which  we  can  discern  and  realize  the  divine 
nature.  What  is  the  divine  nature?  What  are 
the  character  and  the  attributes  of  God?  What 
is  man?  These  questions  are  the  most  impor- 
tant that  can  engage  our  attention,  and  when 
truly  answered  they  dispose  of  the  age-long 
mystery,  What  is  evil? 

The  New  Testament  shows  that  Christ  Jesus 
defined  God  by  the  use  of  the  words  "good," 
"truth,"  "life,"  and  "Spirit."  His  names  for 
Deity  were  "God"  and  "Father;"  and  in  his 
use  of  the  latter  we  find  not  only  "my  Father," 
but  "the  Father,"  "our  Father,"  and  "your 
Father,"  There  must  have  been  good  reasons 
why  he  so  often  used  this  name  for  God.  He 
employed  it  because  he  aimed  to  lift  thought 
above  human  generation  and  mortal  conditions 
and  point  to  God  as  the  only  author  of  man; 
also,  because  this  name  as  used  by  him  denotes 
God's  divinely  parental  power,  government,  and 
care  with  respect  to  man.  Also,  because  the 
love  of  a  parent  is  the  highest  type  of  human 
love,  and  it  would  serve  as  the  semblance  of  the 


THE  GOSPEL  OF  THE  KINGDOM     9 

true  idea  of  the  Love  which  is  divine.  "If  ye 
then,  being  evil,  know  how  to  give  good  gifts 
unto  your  children,  how  much  more  shall  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven  give  good  things  to 
them  that  ask  him?"  Taking  the  highest  human 
concept  of  love,  the  Master  used  it  to  teach  the 
infinite  superiority  of  the  divine  Love — the 
divine  Principle — which  tenderly  and  omnipo- 
tently provides  for  the  welfare  of  man. 

MIRACLES 

Christ  Jesus,  the  divine  Teacher,  did  not, 
however,  limit  his  method  of  enlightening  the 
world  to  verbal  instruction;  he  made  much  use 
of  the  object-lesson.  The  healing  which  he 
wrought  by  "the  finger  of  God"  (that  is  to  say, 
by  the  power  of  God)  was  a  vivid  and  cogent 
method  of  teaching.  It  proved  the  truth  of  his 
words.  The  gospels  give  more  space  to  these 
significant  proofs  than  is  given  to  precepts  or 
parables. 

What  do  these  healing  works  teach?  Of 
what  do  they  furnish  evidence?  What  assur- 
ance should  they  convey  to  us  today?  Pre- 
ceding the  answer  to  these  questions  there  are 
certain  prefatory  facts  which  ought  to  be  men- 
tioned.    The  Greek  words  that  are  usually  but 


10  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

not  always  translated  "miracle"  in  the  King 
James  version  of  the  New  Testament  do  not 
mean  a  supernatural  event.  Their  meaning 
varies  from  an  act  of  power,  a  mighty  work,  to 
a  sign  or  proof,  but  they  do  not  denote  that 
which  is  supernatural.  This  is  plainly  set  forth 
in  the  Oxford  English  dictionary  and  in  other 
standard  works  of  reference.  The  Greek  word 
in  the  gospels  which  is  oftenest  used  to  refer 
to  the  works  of  healing  done  by  Christ  Jesus, 
means  a  sign  and  includes  the  idea  of  evidence 
or  proof.  This  is  shown  by  what  Jesus  said  at 
the  end  of  the  gospel  according  to  Mark: 
"These  signs  shall  follow  them  that  believe." 
The  Greek  word  which  is  here  rendered  "signs" 
is  the  same  word  which  is  elsewhere  rendered 
"miracle." 

Another  pertinent  fact  is  that  the  early 
Christians  cited  the  healing  of  the  sick  by  divine 
power  as  verifying  the  teaching  in  which  they 
believed  and  attesting  their  understanding  of  it. 
With  the  loss  in  the  third  century  of  this  power 
they  lost  the  most  cogent  and  persuasive  evi- 
dence of  Christianity.  Moreover,  the  lack  of 
this  power  made  the  later  Christianity  differ 
from  that  which  was  practised  and  taught  by 
Christ  Jesus.     The  lack  of  the  healing  power 


THE    GOSPEL    OF    THE    KINGDOM  11 

made  the  later  practise  differ  from  the  original 
in  scope  and  in  effect.  An  explanation,  there- 
fore, became  necessary,  and  the  supernatural 
explanation  which  still  persists  is  the  outgrowth 
of  this  predicament.  The  explanation  which 
thus  came  to  be  formulated  is  that  God  normally 
acts  through  natural  law,  but  that  His  person- 
ality is  such  that  He  may  act  supernaturally, 
and  that  He  has  done  so  at  certain  critical 
moments  in  the  history  of  the  human  race. 

There  is,  however,  no  need  to  assume  a  change 
in  God's  law  or  government  in  order  to  account 
for  the  possession  of  the  healing  power  by  some 
persons  and  not  by  others.  The  more  natural 
explanation  is  that  some  of  them  possessed, 
while  others  lacked,  the  necessary  understand- 
ing. Jesus  never  attributed  the  possibility  of 
Christian  healing  to  anything  abnormal  on  the 
part  of  God,  nor  on  the  part  of  himself.  On 
the  contrary,  he  spoke  of  such  works  as  the 
indicia  or  test  of  discipleship.  I  have  already 
quoted  one  of  his  sayings  to  this  effect.  Another 
one  is  this :  "He  that  believeth  on  me,  the  works 
that  I  do  shall  he  do  also." 

Another  objection  to  the  hypothesis  in  ques- 
tion is  that  it  ascribes  a  human  character  to 
Deity.     It  likens  Him  to  a  human  father  who 


12  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

says,  "Since  my  ordinary  and  regular  plan  of 
government  is  not  working  well,  I  will  modify 
it  or  try  another."  This  is  not  the  character  of 
Him  "with  whom  is  no  variableness,  neither 
shadow  of  turning."  The  plans  of  infinite  wis- 
dom do  not  need  to  be  changed. 

PROOFS 

The  final  refutation  of  the  supernatural  ex- 
planation of  Christian  healing  is  supplied  by 
the  fact  that  such  healing  has  been  resumed 
since  the  discovery  of  its  Science.  The  healing 
of  the  sick  by  the  power  of  God  in  the  first, 
second,  and  third  centuries,  and  again  in  the 
nineteenth  and  twentieth  centuries,  abundantly 
confirms  the  truth  of  Mrs.  Eddy's  saying  "that 
the  so-called  miracles  of  Jesus  did  not  specially 
belong  to  a  dispensation  now  ended,  but  that 
they  illustrated  an  ever-operative  divine  Prin- 
ciple" (Science  and  Health,  p.  123).  When 
Christ  Jesus  cured  the  man  whose  right  hand 
was  withered,  declaring  that  it  was  lawful  to  do 
so,  he  proved  two  facts  ;  he  established  two  prop- 
ositions :  first,  that  there  is  a  Principle  and 
modus  by  which  such  healing  is  possible ;  second, 
that  he  possessed  the  understanding  thereof. 
One  of  these  facts  was  personal  to  himself,  and 


THE    GOSPEL    OF    THE    KINGDOM  13 

to  many  others,  but  the  other  was  not  peculiar 
to  him  at  all.  The  Principle  of  Christian 
healing  is  universal  and  eternal;  the  method 
is  available  to  all  who  understand  it.  The 
only  personal  factor  is  the  understanding;  and 
in  the  last  analysis  this  is  personal  only  in 
the  sense  of  being  individual,  not  in  the  sense 
of  being  human.  Its  source  and  power  are 
divine. 

Whenever  Christ  Jesus  overcame  sin,  disease, 
or  death  by  knowing  the  truth  of  being  (in 
accordance  with  his  scientific  statement,  "Ye 
shall  know  the  truth,  and  the  truth  shall  make 
you  free"),  he  proved  that  evil  and  its  condi- 
tions are  destructible  and  unreal ;  and  he  showed 
that  they  should  be  known  as  such  by  every  one. 
When  he  loosed  the  woman  who  "was  bowed  to- 
gether, and  could  in  no  wise  lift  up  herself,"  of 
whom  he  said  that  Satan  or  evil  had  bound  her, 
he  proved  that  her  "spirit  of  infirmity,"  even 
though  it  had  lasted  eighteen  years,  was  merely 
a  belief  of  infirmity,  an  illusion  of  material 
sense.  When  he  enabled  the  man  to  receive  his 
sight,  who  was  in  medical  theory  incurably 
blind,  he  demonstrated  the  unreliability  of  mate- 
rial knowledge  and  the  superiority  of  spiritual 
power  over  material  resistance. 


14  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

Near  the  close  of  his  earthly  career  Christ 
Jesus  said  to  his  disciples,  "Be  of  good  cheer; 
I  have  overcome  the  world."  Why  should  they 
or  we  "be  of  good  cheer"  because  of  his  over- 
coming? Because  he  exemplified  universal  pos- 
sibilities. Because  his  acts  of  power  were  done 
in  accordance  with  law — in  accordance  with  the 
immutable  law  of  good.  Because  his  mighty 
works  attested  the  presence,  action,  and  power 
of  divine  Principle;  and  Principle  does  not 
change.  Because  the  signs  that  he  wrought 
proved  the  actual  qualities  of  real  being — of 
your  being  and  mine — and  proved  them  to  be 
free  from  evil.  % 

Such  is  the  significance,  the  evidential  and 
educational  value,  of  the  so-called  miracles  of 
healing;  and  though  to  material  sense  they  seem 
unnatural,  to  spiritual  sense — to  the  under- 
standing of  good — they  are  supremely  nat- 
ural, for  they  evince  the  true  nature  of  God 
and  man. 

VITAL  DIFFERENCES 

With  respect  to  names  and  synonyms  for 
Deity,  there  are  not  many  differences  between 
Scientists  and  others  who  search  the  same 
Scriptures.      Such    a    disagreement    as    exists 


THE    GOSPEL   OF    THE    KINGDOM  15 

today  is  more  practical  than  theoretical.  The 
divergence  is  more  substantial  than  formal.  For 
example,  we  concur  that  God  is  Mind,  and  that 
"we  live,  and  move,  and  have  our  being"  in  Him. 
Yet  many  persons  practically  desert  these  prem- 
ises by  claiming  to  have  another  mind,  and  to 
live,  think,  and  be  separate  from  God. 

The  relation  of  man  to  God,  and  the  function 
of  man  in  the  action  of  Mind,  was  set  forth  by 
Christ  Jesus  in  these  words :  "The  Son  can  do 
nothing  of  himself,  but  what  he  seeth  the  Father 
do :  for  what  things  soever  he  doeth,  these  also 
doeth  the  Son  likewise."  He  did  not  speak  of 
himself  alone,  for  the  son  of  God  is  man.  The 
offspring  of  Mind  is  idea.  The  likeness  of  Mind 
is  consciousness.  The  image  of  Mind  is  the 
reflection  of  it.  These  names  for  the  represen- 
tation of  Mind  mean  the  same,  and  they  de- 
fine the  real  man.  Thus  the  unity  that  exists 
between  God  and  man  unites  true  thought  to  the 
infinite  good,  than  whom  is  none  else,  and  in 
whom  is  all.  It  was  a  profound  truth  that  Mrs. 
Eddy  uttered  when  she  said,  "The  basis  of  all 
health,  sinlessness,  and  immortality  is  the  great 
fact  that  God  is  the  only  Mind"  (Science  and 
Health,  p.  339). 

Christian  Scientists  and  other  Christians  also 


16  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

agree  that  God  is  Love,  and  that  His  mercy 
endureth  forever.  Yet  it  is  often  believed  that 
He  employs  or  sends  evil.  To  say  this  is  simply 
to  call  evil  good.  It  is  an  attempt  to  get  rid 
of  evil  by  combining  it  with  good.  God  could 
not  employ  or  send  evil  without  its  being  a  part 
of  His  character  and  attributes ;  He  could  not 
send  evil  without  having  it  to  send.  It  is  said, 
however,  that  evil  is  in  some  way  a  necessity; 
that  we  need  it.  Such  an  argument  betrays  a 
singular  confusion  of  thought.  What  we  need 
is  good,  and  unless  evil  were  the  same  as  good 
we  would  have  no  need  of  it. 

Let  us  analyze  this  question  further.  It  is 
universally  admitted  that  fear  is  a  bad  thing; 
it  is  a  phase  of  evil.  It  beclouds  the  judgment, 
halts  action,  weakens  endeavor,  induces  man's 
inhumanity  to  man,  and  is  a  larger  factor  in 
disease  and  death  than  is  commonly  understood. 
But  the  chief  procurator  of  fear  is  this  very 
belief  that  God  employs  or  sends  evil.  Mortals 
fear  because  they  doubt  His  provision  for  their 
care.  Fear  springs  from  the  supposition  that 
God  may  have  ordained  the  evil  event  or  con- 
dition that  is  dreaded.  Is  it  possible,  then,  that 
the  consequences  of  this  belief  and  fear  can  be 
traced  to  divine  Love?     If  the  belief  were  true, 


THE    GOSPEL   OF    THE    KINGDOM  17 

God  would  be  responsible  for  the  fear  and  tor- 
ment that  follow  as  its  consequence.  But  the 
belief  is  false,  for  "perfect  love  casteth  out 
fear."  Neither  fear,  nor  its  effects,  nor  the 
errors  back  of  it,  can  withstand  the  true  idea 
of  divine  Love.  Christ  Jesus  refuted  the  notion 
that  God  sends  or  employs  evil  by  saying  that 
"he  maketh  his  sun  to  rise  on  the  evil  and  on 
the  good,  and  sendeth  rain  on  the  just  and  on 
the  unjust."  "Fear  not,  little  flock;  for  it  is 
your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you  the 
kingdom." 

We  are  also  agreed  that  God  is  Life,  and  that 
He  giveth  life  to  all.  We  unite  in  declaring 
that  God  is  Spirit,  that  His  will  is  law,  and  that 
power  belongeth  unto  Him.  These  are  Scrip- 
tural statements  of  truth  which  we  all  accept, 
at  least  in  form.  Yet  the  conduct  of  the  aver- 
age man  concerning  his  health  repudiates  them 
almost  without  compunction.  In  the  endeavor 
to  preserve  or  regain  their  health,  most  people 
would  rather  follow  a  medical  book  than  the 
New  Testament ;  they  continually  worship  and 
frequently  sacrifice  at  the  shrine  of  material 
belief,  while  spiritual  understanding  is  hardly 
allowed  to  enter  into  the  question.  The  major- 
ity of  Christians  appear  to  regard  matter,  in- 


18  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

stead  of  Spirit,  as  the  source  and  environment 
of  life;  and  in  regard  to  law  and  power  they 
concede  less  to  God  than  to  germs  and  bacteria. 

MATERIAL,  PHENOMENA 

You  know,  of  course,  that  the  present  medical 
theory  of  health  and  disease  is  chiefly  concerned 
with  germs  and  microbes.  Certain  breeds  of 
microorganisms  are  said  to  be  destructive  of 
health  and  life,  while  others  are  said  to  be  bene- 
ficial, because  they  are  supposed  to  be  willing 
and  able  to  consume  the  other  sort.  The  human 
body  is  therefore  regarded  as  a  battle-ground 
for  germs,  and  the  victory  of  health  is  made  to 
depend  on  finding  arid  using  the  species  that  is 
supposed  to  be  more  helpful  than  harmful  in 
the  particular  case.  Such  theories  manifestly 
have  no  relation  to  Spirit,  or  God,  for  they 
are  wholly  material.  They  utterly  disre- 
gard the  spiritual  status  and  welfare  of  man. 
They  regard  life  as  a  condition  of  animated 
matter. 

Let  us  therefore  pause  for  a  moment  and  ask, 
What  is  matter?  I  will  answer  in  the  lan- 
guage of  a  modern  encyclopedia  that  "all  theo- 
ries as  to  the  ultimate  constitution  of  matter 


THE    GOSPEL    OF    THE    KINGDOM  19 

cannot  be  other  than  purely  speculative." 
Matter  is  admitted  by  natural  science  to  be 
indefinable.  It  was  formerly  resolved  into 
atoms.  Latterly  these  have  been  resolved  into 
gaseous  particles  called  electrons  or  ions.  The 
nature  of  these  supposed  units  is  unknown,  but 
it  is  explained  by  some  physicists  that  they  are 
possibly  a  center  of  strain  or  vortex  in  an  all- 
pervading  ether  of  unknown  nature.  Therefore, 
as  a  recent  writer  said,  matter  has  disappeared 
in  a  supposed  swirl  in  a  hypothetical  ether.  The 
gist  of  matter,  therefore,  is  material  supposi- 
tion. The  fact  is  that  Spirit  is  the  only  sub- 
stance; matter  has  no  actual  entity.  Matter 
consists  of  material  belief,  and  Mrs.  Eddy 
furnished  the  scientific  explanation  of  ma- 
terial phenomena  by  saying  that  "mortal 
mind  sees  what  it  believes  as  certainly  as 
it  believes  what  it  sees"  (Science  and  Health, 
p.   86). 

How  about  the  physical  body,  with  which 
man  seems  to  be  identified?  Mortals  will  un- 
doubtedly have  a  material  body  until  they 
outgrow  the  belief  of  material  selfhood.  But 
they  will  not  always  have  the  same  body.  Nat- 
ural science  declares  that  the  physical  body  is 
in  a  state  of  constant  decay  and  reconstruction. 


20  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

It  is  supposed  to  be  completely  changed  every 
few  years.  Is  man,  then,  involved  in  this  shift- 
ing of  the  particles  of  matter?  Not  at  all.  No 
difference  how  often  the  mortal  body  is  changed, 
man's  individuality  continues  and  is  not  touched. 
The  identity  of  man  is  wholly  mental  and  spir- 
itual; it  inheres  entirely  in  consciousness.  Even 
on  the  plane  of  mortal  belief  the  physicality 
without  the  life  would  not  be  called  man  by  any 
one.  Consciousness,  individuality,  identity,  are 
more  enduring  than  anything  which  the  physi- 
cal senses  can  perceive. 

This  illustrates  the  illusive  nature  of  material 
sense.  The  testimony  of  the  physical  senses 
is  limited  to  matter  and  its  phenomena.  They 
furnish  no  information  concerning  Spirit.  They 
take  no  cognizance  of  that  which  is  spiritual. 
Hence,  as  Christ  Jesus  pointed  out  to  Nico- 
demus,  they  can  tell  nothing  of  the  real  man. 
What  man  is  depends  upon  what  God  is.  It 
is  an  axiom  that  every  product  or  effect  must 
be  like  its  cause  or  principle.  To  find  the  prod- 
uct, man,  we  must  start  from  his  Principle, 
God;  and  we  can  know  God  and  His  offspring 
not  materially,  but  spiritually.  Since  God  must 
be  found  as  Spirit  and  Truth,  as  Love  and  Life, 
the  consciousness,  individuality,  and  identity  of 


THE    GOSPEL    OF    THE    KINGDOM  21 

the  real  man  must  also  be  found  therein.  When 
thus  understood,  man  proves  to  be  harmonious 
and  eternal. 

HEALTH 

I  have  already  asserted  that  health  and  dis- 
ease are  opposite  mental  conditions,  resulting 
from  contrary  modes  of  thought.  This  state- 
ment is  both  scientific  and  Christian.  The  worst 
aspect  of  disease  is  death.  Death  is  the  cul- 
mination of  disease  in  its  most  extreme  forms. 
Hence,  the  cause  of  death  includes  the  cause  of 
disease,  and  what  St.  Paul  wrote  to  the  Romans 
about  life  and  death  is  equally  true  of  health 
and  disease :  "To  be  carnally  minded  is  death ; 
but  to  be  spiritually  minded  is  life  and  peace." 
In  these  words  he  explicitly  declares  that  life 
is  a  condition  of  mind  or  thought ;  causation  is 
analyzed  as  wholly  metaphysical.  The  men- 
tality which  sickens  and  dies  is  carnal;  that  is 
to  say,  material,  while  the  thought  which  lives 
and  enjoys  the  perfect  attributes  of  Life  is 
spiritual. 

This  subject  is  illuminated  by  one  of  the 
sayings  of  Christ  Jesus  on  account  of  which 
many  of  his  disciples  went  back  and  walked  no 
more  with  him :  "It  is  the  spirit  that  quickeneth ; 


22  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

the  flesh  profiteth  nothing."  In  the  language 
of  modern  translations,  "It  is  the  spirit  that 
giveth  life;  the  flesh  profiteth  nothing."  It  is 
plain  from  this  utterance  and  others  that  he 
referred  to  God  as  Spirit,  and  St.  Paul  repeat- 
edly spoke  of  God  as  Mind.  Hence  it  can  be 
declared  upon  the  authority  of  the  Teacher, 
Christ  Jesus,  and  of  St.  Paul,  that  it  is  Spirit, 
God,  the  divine  Mind,  which  gives  life  and  health 
to  man,  and  that  this  is  given  through  mentality 
or  thought.  It  is  therefore  both  scientific  and 
Christian  to  say  that  health  is  a  mental  and 
spiritual  quality,  and  is  to  be  gained  and  pre- 
served as  such;  that  is,  through  the  under- 
standing of  and  obedience  to  the  spiritual  law 
which  emanates  from  the  divine  Mind.  This 
being  the  case,  it  is  evident  that  Christian 
Science  healing  has  an  ethical  and  saving 
effect  which  makes  it  inseparable  from 
Christianity. 

Christian  Science  is  a  system  of  thought  based 
on  God  as  the  only  Mind  and  cause.  Its  office 
is  to  minister  to  human  needs,  and  to  do  this 
in  the  way  shown  by  Jesus  the  Christ ;  that  is, 
by  mental  and  spiritual  means.  Although  the 
cure  of  physical  disorder  is  not  its  chief  pur- 
pose, such  healing  is  a  part  of  the  world's  great 


THE    GOSPEL    OF    THE    KINGDOM  23 

need;  and  in  the  ministry  of  Jesus  it  was  not 
neglected.  It  is  therefore  not  to  be  supposed 
that  his  followers  have  ever  wilfully  passed  by 
on  the  other  side  from  such  a  patent  and  crying 
need.  They  have  tried  to  aid  the  sick  and 
suffering,  but  their  comfort  has  not  been  cure 
simply  because  they  have  not  known  the  Prin- 
ciple and  method  of  Christian  healing.  This 
knowledge  was  lost  to  Christians  because  a  per- 
sonal and  supernatural  view  of  the  Saviour 
removed  their  concept  of  Jesus'  life-work  from 
the  realm  of  naturalness  and  law  to  that  of 
mystery  and  miracle. 

With  the  loss  of  this  knowledge  was  lost  an 
essential  element  of  Christ's  Christianity,  for 
it  is  indivisible.  That  from  which  a  savior  is 
needed  is  the  evil  one  or  one  evil,  and  that  which 
will  overcome  it  cannot  be  understood  as  lim- 
ited to  a  part  of  the  error.  The  saving  Truth 
cannot  be  divided;  neither  in  Principle  nor  in 
effect.  St.  Peter  correctly  used  the  word  "heal- 
ing" when  he  said  that  Jesus  "went  about  doing 
good,  and  healing  all  that  were  oppressed  of 
the  devil;  for  God  was  with  him." 

In  the  nineteenth  century,  however,  a  limited 
form  of  Christianity  had  long  been  orthodox. 
Faith  in  Spirit,  God,  had  yielded  and  was  giv- 


24  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

ing  way  to  faith  in  material  theories  and 
methods.  As  for  the  science  of  God  and  His 
universe,  the  possibility  of  this  was  doubted  and 
denied.  Science  and  religion  were  thought  of  as 
foreign  to  each  other — as  incongruous.  This 
was  the  case  with  professed  Christians,  even 
though  the  utterance  of  Christ  Jesus  made  the 
knowledge  of  God  the  basic  requirement  of 
Christianity,  and  science  is  simply  knowledge 
reduced  to  order  and  referred  to  law. 

MARY  BAKER  EDDY 

Here  and  there,  nevertheless,  were  families  or 
individuals  with  whom  faith  in  good  was  vital, 
and  spiritual  causation  was  a  present  and  para- 
mount fact.  Such  a  person  was  the  mother  of 
Mary  Baker  Eddy,  and  it  was  in  such  an  atmos- 
phere as  this  that  Mrs.  Eddy  was  reared  and 
her  development  was  begun.  The  facts  of  Mrs. 
Eddy's  personal  history  are  simply  told  in  a 
biography  by  Sibyl  Wilbur,  which  can  be  found 
in  most  of  the  public  libraries.  As  an  authentic 
account  of  an  illustrious  woman  this  book  is 
well  worth  a  thoughtful  reading.  I  shall  not 
try  to  sum  it  up  here,  but  will  quote  what  was 
said  of  Mrs.  Eddy  by  one  who  observed  her  in 
her  youth.     From  the  time  when  she  was  a  girl 


THE    GOSPEL    OF    THE    KINGDOM  25 

of  fifteen  until  she  married  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
two,  Mrs.  Eddy  resided  with  her  parents  at 
Tilton,  New  Hampshire,  where  the  Rev.  Enoch 
Corser  was  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church. 
He  received  her  into  this  church  when  she  was 
seventeen,  and  five  years  later  officiated  at  her 
wedding.  Meanwhile  he  was  her  pastor  and  to 
some  extent  her  tutor.  Himself  a  man  of  ma- 
ture years  and  liberal  culture,  he  once  said 
of  her  to  his  son  with  such  earnestness  and 
emphasis  that  the  words  were  never  forgotten: 
"Bright,  good,  pure,  aye,  brilliant !  I  never 
before  had  a  pupil  with  such  depth  and  inde- 
pendence of  thought.  She  has  some  great  fu- 
ture, mark  that.  She  is  an  intellectual  and 
spiritual  genius." 

Showing  this  promise  in  her  youth,  Mrs. 
Eddy  had  reached  the  age  of  forty-five  when  she 
discovered  Christian  Science  and  began  her  won- 
derful career  of  service  to  mankind.  Spiritual 
growth  and  scientific  attainment  had,  mean- 
while, prepared  her  to  receive  and  impart  this 
comprehensive  view  of  divine  reality.  Mrs. 
Eddy  was  fully  aware  of  the  importance  of 
Christian  Science.  No  one  foresaw  its  redemp- 
tive value  so  well  as  she.  It  was  therefore  but 
natural  that  she  should  cherish  the  right  to  be 


26  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

known  as  its  Discoverer.  But  the  only  token 
which  she  desired  for  her  labor  in  behalf  of 
humanity  was  a  truthful  record  of  her  life ;  and 
the  only  demand  which  she  made  on  her  fol- 
lowers was  that  they  should  make  good  use  of 
her  discovery;  that  they  should  preserve  and 
promote  the  understanding  of  genuine,  opera- 
tive Christian  Science,  so  that  the  so-called 
human  mind  may  increase  in  goodness  until  the 
claim  of  a  mind  separate  from  God  disappears. 
This  being  the  case,  there  is  not  the  slightest 
reason  for  regarding  Mrs.  Eddy  with  either 
emotional  ecstasy  or  personal  worship ;  but 
there  is  abundant  reason  why  mankind  in  gen- 
eral, and  Christian  Scientists  in  particular, 
should  feel  and  express  for  her  the  utmost  grati- 
tude, love,  and  reverence. 

As  a  scientific  discoverer  and  religious  leader, 
Mrs.  Eddy  has  been  the  means  of  giving  to  the 
world  the  priceless  benefit  of  a  truer  concept  of 
God  and  man.  Incidentally,  she  has  taught  a 
mental  self-knowledge  that  discriminates  be- 
tween genuine  thoughts,  which  emanate  from 
the  divine  Mind,  and  the  illusions  of  material 
sense,  which  appear  in  the  guise  of  thoughts 
and  constitute  evil;  and  she  has  made  known 
a    mental    practise,    including    this    true    self- 


THE   GOSPEL   OF    THE    KINGDOM  27 

knowledge,  which  enables  the  learner,  in  a  large 
and  ever-increasing  degree,  to  recognize  and 
obey  the  thoughts  of  God  and  to  resist  and 
destroy  aught  else. 

Deliverance  from  evil  depends  on  this  attain- 
ment, for  the  situation  is  mental.  Unless  evil 
can  affect  your  mentality  or  consciousness,  it 
cannot  touch  your  welfare.  "Evil  thoughts 
.  .  .  defile  the  man,"  said  Jesus;  and  his  ex- 
planation, as  reported  by  Matthew  and  Mark, 
shows  that  a  man  cannot  be  harmed  unless  it 
be  through  the  heart  or  consciousness.  The 
Hebrew  proverb  is  scientific,  "Keep  thy  heart 
with  all  diligence;  for  out  of  it  are  the  issues 
of  life."  With  the  situation  thus  set  forth,  the 
importance  of  a  scientific  mental  practise  is 
evident.  The  forms  of  evil  are  the  phases  of 
mortal  and  material  belief.  The  scene  of  its 
appearing  and  disappearing  is  the  so-called 
human  consciousness.  Evil  must  be  met  and 
overcome  at  that  point;  and  it  can  be  rejected 
with  the  power  of  Mind.  The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  at  hand  because  self-knowledge  and 
self-control  through  the  law  and  power  of  God 
is  a  present  possibility.  As  Mrs.  Eddy  has 
said,  "We  have  nothing  to  fear  when  Love  is 
at  the  helm  of  thought,  but  everything  to  enjoy 


28  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

on  earth  and  in  heaven"  (Miscellaneous  Writ- 
ings, p.  113). 

ABSOLUTE  SCIENCE 

In  the  religion  and  philosophy  which  preceded 
the  discovery  of  Christian  Science,  want,  woe, 
and  disaster  were  dreaded  as  belonging  to  the 
natural  order  of  the  universe,  while  undeserved 
suffering  was  accepted  as  inevitable.  In  the 
short  time  during  which  Christian  Science  has 
been  taught  and  practised,  it  has  produced  a 
great  change  in  the  whole  of  human  thought. 
Its  concrete  results  appear  as  health,  longevity, 
reformation,  spirituality,  and  the  like,  in 
the  lives  of  the  many  who  bear  witness  to  its 
healing  power;  but  the  effect  of  this  spiritual 
leaven  extends  beyond  these  particular  cases. 
Others  are  recognizing  their  God-given  do- 
minion and  being,  and  every  case  of  healing 
wrought  by  the  divine  Principle  on  which  Chris- 
tian Science  is  founded,  forecasts  the  complete 
fulfilment  of  the  Master's  scientific  prophecy, 
"Every  plant,  which  my  heavenly  Father  hath 
not  planted,  shall  be  rooted  up." 

Much  of  the  misunderstanding  of  Christian 
Science  results  from  the  failure  to  grasp  the 
distinction  which  it  makes  between  absolute  or 


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real  being  and  the  human  or  mortal  sense  of 
existence.  If  the  so-called  human  nature  (a 
mingling  of  good  and  evil)  were  really  man, 
we  could  never  hope  to  become  essentially  differ- 
ent from  what  we  now  seem  to  be.  Hope  of 
salvation  is  justified  only  by  the  fact  that  good 
is  real  and  eternal,  while  evil  is  unreal  and 
temporal.  Human  conditions  and  conduct  will 
become  better  only  as  the  illusion  or  error 
in  human  consciousness  is  displaced  by  true 
thought. 

Evil  is  the  mortal  or  material  element  in  the 
so-called  human  consciousness.  It  is  false  con- 
sciousness that  seems  to  prevent  or  obscure  true 
thinking.  It  is  that  which  seems  to  itself  to 
sin,  sicken,  and  die.  Therefore  redemption  or 
salvation  from  evil  consists  in  forsaking  mate- 
rial belief  and  gaining  spiritual  understanding 
or  divine  consciousness.  Each  individual  must 
by  progressive  self-correction  assimilate  himself 
to  God;  and  to  do  this  requires  an  absolute 
ideal  as  the  aim  and  end  of  endeavor.  The  real 
man  possesses  the  qualities  of  his  Maker;  he 
reflects  the  divine  Mind  in  all  its  perfection. 
This  is  what  Jesus  taught.  "Be  ye  therefore 
perfect,  even  as  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven 
is  perfect." 


30  CHRISTIAN    SCIENCE: 

Since  evil  is  nothing  but  mental  error,  the 
remedy  for  it  must  be  found  in  Mind.  The  uni- 
versal and  perfect  remedy  is  the  action  through 
thought  of  the  divine  Mind,  whereby  man 
"speaketh  the  truth  in  his  heart"  and  is  en- 
abled to  perceive  and  prove  the  reality  and 
supremacy  of  good  and  the  consequent  unreality 
and  nothingness  of  evil.  This  is  how  God 
"healeth  all  thy  diseases,"  and  creates  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  within  you.  The  divine 
Principle  or  Mind  creates  a  true  consciousness. 
Spiritual  sense,  by  which  man  is  united  to  Mind, 
discriminates  between  evil  and  good  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  induce  and  enable  men  to  forsake 
that  which  is  evil  and  hold  fast  that  which  is 
good. 

St.  John  said,  "Whatsoever  is  born  of  God 
overcometh  the  world."  In  other  words,  true 
thoughts  from  the  divine  Mind,  thoughts  which 
bear  the  presence,  action,  and  power  of  God, 
overcome  evil  in  all  its  forms ;  and  these  spir- 
itual ideas  are  the  only  redemptive  agents. 
They  possess  the  power  of  the  omnipotent  One ; 
they  are  "the  finger  of  God."  Through  them 
He  is  "able  to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above 
all  that  we  ask  or  think,  according  to  the  power 
that  worketh  in  us," 


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Speaking  relatively,  the  true  idea  of  reality 
is  a  fact  to  be  proved  in  spite  of  material  sense. 
But  in  Science,  the  passing  of  thought  from 
God  to  man  is  the  normal  and  incessant  action 
of  Mind,  while  the  receiving  of  such  thought  is 
the  natural  and  necessary  function  of  man. 
Hence  the  oneness  and  alines s  of  Mind — the 
unity  of  God  and  man — excludes  and  precludes 
the  possibility  of  evil.  God  is  Mind,  and  "he 
is  one,  and  there  is  none  other  but  he."  (See 
Mark  xii:29,  32,  34,  American  Revised  Ver- 
sion.) This  is  the  absolute  truth  of  being,  and 
it  is  as  true  here  and  now  as  when  it  was  first 
uttered. 

St.  Paul  said,  "Be  of  one  mind,  live  in  peace ; 
and  the  God  of  love  and  peace  shall  be  with 
you."  Christian  Science  says,  Being  of  the  one 
infinite  Mind,  the  God  of  love  and  peace  is  with 
you. 


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The  Christian  Science  Journal 

Founded  April,  1883,  by  Mary  Baker  Eddy,  Discoverer  and 
Founder  of  Christian  Science,  and  author  of  the  Christian 
Science  Text-book,  "Science  and  Health  with  Key  to  the 
Scriptures." 

This  monthly  magazine  is  the  official  organ  of  The  First 
Church  of  Christ,  Scientist,  in  Boston,  Mass. 

Subscription  price  :  Domestic  territory  (including  Mexico  and 
Cuba),  one  year,  $2.00;  six  months,  $1.20;  single  copy,  20  cents. 
Canadian  price,  25  cents  additional  annually ;  single  copy,  20 
tents.  International  price,  65  cents  additional  annually  ;  single 
copy,  25  cents. 

Christian  Science  Sentinel 

A  weekly  newspaper  for  the  home,  published  every  Saturday, 
containing  news  items  of  general  interest,  and  contributed 
and  selected  articles,  testimonies  of  healing,  and  timely  edito- 
rials in  connection  with  the  Christian  Science  movement. 

Subscription  price :  Domestic,  one  year,  $2.00 ;  six  months, 
$1.20  ;  single  copy,  5  cents.  Canadian  price,  45  cents  additional 
annually ;  single  copy,  6  cents.  International  price,  95  cents 
additional  annually  ;   single  copy,   7  cents. 

Der  Herold  der   Christian   Science 

A  monthly  magazine  printed  in  German.  It  contains  original 
and  translated  articles  bearing  upon  Christian  Science,  testi- 
monies of  healing,  also  the  Lesson-Sermons  which  are  read 
at  the  Sunday  services  in  all  the  Christian  Science  churches. 

Subscription  price :  Domestic,  one  year,  $1.00.  International 
price,  $1.25. 

The  Christian  Science  Monitor 

A  daily  newspaper  published  every  afternoon,  except  Sunday, 
•f  world-wide  scope,  containing  current  news,  and  particularly 
designed  for  those  desiring  a  high-class  publication  in  the  home. 
Subscription  price :  Domestic,  one  year,  $5.00 ;  six  months, 
$3.00.  International  price,  $3.00  additional  annually.  For 
Greater  Boston  postal  district,  $6.00  a  year  by  carrier. 

The  Christian  Science  Quarterly 

Published   January.   April,   July,   and    October 

Contains  the  Lesson-Sermons  which  are  read  at  the  Sunday 
services  throughout  the  year  in  all  the  Christian  Science 
•hurches.  These  lessons,  which  present  citations  from  the 
Bible  and  "Science  and  Health  with  Key  to  the  Scrip- 
tures," are  valuable  for  daily  study. 

Subscription  price  :  Domestic,  one  year,  50  cents ;  single  copy, 
15  cents.  International  price,  one  year,  60  cents ;  single  copy, 
18  cents. 

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